Action on Film International Film Festival, USA (2013)

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Best Action Sequence Short

Winner
Faith
7.0 (14)
Nick McKinless(Director)

Best Actor - Feature

Best Actor - Short

Winner
Said Faraj
Cedar Films
The American Failure
Tyler Van Brussel
Future Assassin
Mike Dopud
Chained

Best Actress - Feature

Best Art Direction

Winner
Kill Shelter
6.6 (8)
Paul Nicoletos(Director)
Viet Huynh(Producer)
Reloaded Films
Teru Media

Best Art Direction - Feature

Winner
20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Roger C. Ambrose
The Crusaders #357: Experiment in Evil!
7.0 (77)
We're All Sinner
5.2 (80)
Hassan Nazer(director)
Homayoun Ershadi(actor)
Peyman Abbasi(writer)
Chris Robb(executive producer)
Mahmood Moosavinejad(sound mixer)
Mohammad Saeed Shayan(music)
Iman Omidvari(makeup artist)
Amir Aghaee(actor)
Niousha Zeighami(actress)
Elham Hamidi(actress)
World Film Production
Remake
3.8 (30)
Andy Winters(director of photography)
Northern Iron Productions
Warrioress
3.1 (334)

Best Artwork & Design

Winner
The Tiger Mask
4.2 (596)
The Phoenix Rises
2.2 (182)

Best Cinematography Feature

Winner
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Jordan McNeile
Prince Bagdasarian
The Phoenix Rises
2.2 (182)
The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle
8.4 (19)
Juan Carlos Oseguera(cinematographer)
Blood Money
3.1 (641)

Best Comedy - Feature

Winner
We've Got Balls
6.2 (33)
Cherie Kerr(producer / director / writer)
Ree-Invent Films
Steve Chong Finds Out That Suicide Is a Bad Idea
8.0 (53)
Stanley Wong
Tyler Russell
Charlie LaVoy
Joe Sökmen
Owen Hornstein
Wingmen Incorporated
8.2 (264)
Jason W. Schaver
Ken Gayton
Moped Jones Entertainment
Adjusted Gratuity

Best Comedy Scene

Winner
A Cup of Sugar
Brian K. Millard(director)
Brian W. Smith(writer)
Shooting Duck Productions
Kenneth Lemm
"The Twelve Strays of Christmas"

Best Dialogue - Feature

Winner
24 Seven
4.8 (264)
Eddy Salazar(writer)
Monty Miranda(director)
Mary Krell-Oishi
"Going to the Top"

Best Director - Documentary

Winner
Claire Ward
The Cola Road

Best Director - Feature

Best Drama - Short

Winner
Paper
8.2 (24)
Ivan Kraljevic(director)
Daniel Shultz(Producer)
Elena Nikitina Bick(Associate Producer)
Elena Talan(Writer)

Best Drama Feature

Winner
Begin Again
7.1 (67)
Lisa Spurrier
eLLeSSe Productions

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Old River Road
Luciana Lagana(writer)
Gregory Graham(writer)

Best Dramatic Short - Screenplay

Winner
That Good Night
Kenneth Lemm(Screenwriter)

Best Editing - Feature

Winner
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Prince Bagdasarian
Halfway to Hell
5.6 (123)
The Greed of Men
7.0 (53)
Douglas Brian Miller
Contract Killers
3.4 (474)
Haunted Maze
2.9 (164)
10-57
6.2 (18)

Best Female Filmmaker - Feature

Winner
Autumn of Route 66
9.1 (12)
Ester Brym
Begin Again
7.1 (67)
Lisa Spurrier
Haunted Maze
2.9 (164)
Susan Engel

Best Female Filmmaker - Short

Winner
Dot Got Shot
Honey Lauren

Best Fight Choreography - Feature

Winner
Kun Fu Fighter
5.4 (69)
10-57
6.2 (18)
Slug Street Scrappers: Beat Em Up
8.1 (112)
Micah Brock
Shaun Charney
Warrioress
3.1 (334)
Blood Money
3.1 (641)

Best Foreign Film

Winner
Choosing Signs
7.9 (44)
Owen Dara
Jessica Lancaster
Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions

Best Foreign Film - Short

Winner
Drake
5.9 (633)
Cengiz Dervis(Actor, Producer)
Azi Rahman(Director)
Fight Me Productions
Butterfly Dreams
8.0 (42)
Venkat Krishnan
The Dope Men Gotta Get Paid
8.0 (9)
Sven Jurshevski(Producer)
Velocitized Films

Best Guerilla Film - Feature

Winner
Trey
7.5 (23)
Goin' Guerrilla
5.0 (15)
Slug Street Scrappers: Beat Em Up
8.1 (112)
Micah Brock
Krampus: The Christmas Devil
1.6 (2.1K)

Best Guerilla Film - Short

Winner
Bitch on Wheels
Bryan Martin
Al Cacioppo
Back2One Productions
BCMfilms

Best Horror Film - Feature

Winner
To Hell with a Bullet
4.1 (94)
Vick Wright(producer)
Vicktory Films
Hollywood Film Cooperative
Lula Pictures
Krampus: The Christmas Devil
1.6 (2.1K)
Remake
3.8 (30)
Doug Phillips(director)
Northern Iron Productions
Sick: Survive the Night
3.0 (516)
Bruno Marino(producer)
Cengiz H. Fehmi(executive producer)
Haunted Maze
2.9 (164)

Best LGBT Project

Winner
Split Decision
8.0 (9)
Antoine Allen
Antoine Allen Films
Future Assassin
9.0 (10)
Bite the Bullet: Invisible Weapons
9.2 (16)
Fernando Raigoza Jr.(director)
Aaron Eaton(producer)
Matt Eaton(producer)

Best Picture

Winner
Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions
Autumn of Route 66
9.1 (12)
Ester Brym
20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Frank Krueger(executive producer)
Marc Clebanoff(producer)
Darren Darnborough(producer)
Kinga Philipps(producer)
Wylie Small(producer)
John Hennigan(co-producer)
Blue Dragon Entertainment

Best Produced Screenplay - Feature

Winner
Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Prince Bagdasarian
The Greed of Men
7.0 (53)
Jeremy Fultz
DoingTime Productions

Best Science Fiction

Winner
Kill Shelter
6.6 (8)
Paul Nicoletos(Director)
Viet Huynh(Producer)
Reloaded Films
Teru Media
Iris
8.0 (43)
Justin S. Lee
University of Southern California (USC)

Best Script- Writer's Invitational

Winners
Kenneth Lemm(Writer)
Justin Zipprich(Writer)
Mamie Jean Calvert(Writer)
Rashel Mereness(Writer)
"A Senior Moment"

Best Short Short

Winner
Mercer
Andrew James
Danny James
James Brothers Studio
Franky and the Ant
7.9 (24)
Billy Hayes
Breakout
Kurt E. Soderling(Director)
490 entertainment
Soderling Productions
Girl on a Train
7.3 (27)
Peter Sands
VisionFire Films
Franky and the Ant
7.9 (24)
Billy Hayes

Best Soundtrack Feature

Winner
Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions

Best Special Effects - Short

Winner
Ambrosia
7.0 (8)
Christopher Herrick
Where the Snails Live
8.2 (7)
Matthew Caponi

Best Special Effects Feature

Winner
Twiharder
4.8 (32)
John Gearries
Christopher Sean
Clint Keepin
Gabe Gomez
Between the Lines Productions

Best Spoof

Winner
Bite the Bullet: Invisible Weapons
9.2 (16)
Fernando Raigoza Jr.(director)
Aaron Eaton(producer)
Matt Eaton(producer)
Twiharder
4.8 (32)
Christopher Sean
John Gearries
Between the Lines Productions
The Adventures of Superseven
7.5 (141)
Scott Rhodes

Best Sports Documentary

Winner
Athletes and the Arts
Steven Karageanes
Mass Effect Productions

Best Supporting Actor - Feature

Best Supporting Actress - Feature

Best Supporting Actress - Short

Winner
Amelia Jackson-Gray
Point Mugu
Best Supporting Actress- Short- Amelia Jackson-Gray- Point Mugu
Dawn Noel
Shattered Pitch

Best Title Sequence & Graphics

Winner
The Tiger Mask
4.2 (596)
Future Assassin
9.0 (10)
Steven Latta
Michael Fowler
Macarena Molina
The Phoenix Rises
2.2 (182)

Best Villain - Feature

Winner
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Ken Davitian
20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Danny Trejo

Best Villain - Short

Winner
Hit Girls
7.2 (21)
Thien Nguyen
Unrequited Love
Melvin Golver

Best Visual Effects

Winner
Where the Snails Live
8.2 (7)
Matthew Caponi
Winner
Chained
9.0 (9)
Patrick Sabongui

Best Young Actor - Short

Winner
Greg Marks
The Call
Shebl Rosati
Anthony Rach
Le Blue Stella

Best Young Actress - Short

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
R.O.T.F.L.
8.3 (23)
Tara-Nicole Warner
Front Porch Film
Pause
7.5 (11)
Alyssa Devine

Breakout Action Star - Female - Short

Winner
Hit Girls
7.2 (21)
Maria Tran
JuJu Chan Szeto

Breakout Action Star - Male - Feature

Winner
The Greed of Men
7.0 (53)
Jeremy Fultz
DoingTime Productions
Blood Money
3.1 (641)
Chia-Hui Liu(as Gordon Liu)
20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Frank Krueger
Once Upon a Fight
7.0 (13)
Alberto Alvarado
Wounded
5.0 (18)
Chris Cox

Breakout Action Star - Male - Short

Winner
The Briefcase
5.6 (41)
Tazito Garcia

Female Action Performer of the Year

Winner
Croft
7.4 (226)
Cassandra Ebner(actress)

Filmmaker of the Year Award

Winner
We've Got Balls
6.2 (33)
Cherie Kerr
Ree-Invent Films

Male Action Performer of the Year

Winner
Bad Ass Bikers
7.7 (19)
Kelly Carter
Blood Money
3.1 (641)
Zheng Liu
Dogfight
5.4 (7)
Shawn Bernal(actor)
The Tiger Mask
4.2 (596)
Eiji Wentz
Wounded
5.0 (18)
Chris Cox

Outstanding Cast Performance

Winner
We've Got Balls
6.2 (33)
Andrew Dickler(actor)
Dane Posey(actor)
Tyler Strateman(actor)
Gary Austin(actor)
Tamar Stevens(actress)
Phyllis Katz(actress)
Craig Nelson(actor)
Eric Satterberg(actor)
Lynne Marie Stewart(actress)
Toni Alexander(actress)
Kylie Rogers(actress)
Eric Halasz(actor)
Jose Valdez(actor)
Jay Abdo(actor)
Patrick Downey(actor)
Tony La Hood(actor)
Nick Dopuch(actor)
Barry Weisenberg(actor)
Dave Osborn(actor)
David M. Goldman(actor)
Cherie Kerr
Ree-Invent Films
Winner
Police Guys
7.7 (64)
Lisa Catara
Jon Lee Brody
Lester Speight
Shawna Waldron
Stephen Glickman
Pause
7.5 (11)
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Hunter Ives
Korrina Rico
Ken Davitian
Eric Roberts
Natalie Victoria
Richard Manriquez
James Arthur Lewis
Sam Puefua
Mindy Robinson
Twiharder
4.8 (32)
Christopher Sean
John Gearries
Tanya Laine
Clint Keepin
Laura Niles
Between the Lines Productions

Rising Star Award

Winner
JesusCat (or How I Accidentally Joined a Cult)
7.6 (15)
Julia Morizawa(co-creator/producer)
Shaina Vorspan(co-creator/producer)

Screenplay Competition - Best Crime Drama

Winner
Neil Chase(writer)
"St. Patrick's Tear"

Winner
3 Minutes
Klayton Stainer
KAS Creations

Audience Choice Award

20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Marc Clebanoff

Best Action Sequence - Short

Breakout
Oliver Keller
490 entertainment
Soderling Productions

Best Action Short of the Year

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Mike Dopud
Chained

Best Actress - Short

Best Art Direction - Short

Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon
James Boss(director)
Avantmark Pictures

Best Children's Film

Le Blue Stella
8.2 (14)
Peter Ferris Rosati

Best Cinematography Documentary

The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle
8.4 (19)
Juan Carlos Oseguera(director of photography)

Best Comedy

Twiharder
4.8 (32)
Christopher Sean
John Gearries
Between the Lines Productions
JesusCat (or How I Accidentally Joined a Cult)
7.6 (15)

Best Comedy Short

A Cup of Sugar
Brian K. Millard(producer)
Shooting Duck Productions

Best Composition

Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions

Best Costumes

Twiharder
4.8 (32)
Christopher Sean
John Gearries
Between the Lines Productions
Chained
9.0 (9)
Maja Aro

Best Dialogue Short

Kenneth Lemm
"A Cardboard Sky"
Red Poppies
Yaitza Rivera(director)

Best Dialogue Short - Screenplay

Mary Krell-Oishi
"Just For Fun"
Neil Chase(writer)
"Room 309"

Best Director

Nicholas Gyeney
Matt's Chance

Best Director - Short

Vera Tomilova
Fallen Angel
Permanent Residence Production NYC
7Heaven Productions
New York Film Academy at Universal Studios

Best Documentary

Empty Hand: The Real Karate Kids
7.8 (284)
Kayvon Derak-Shanian
Oscar Alvarez
Scoplin Pictures
NicoBella Films
The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle
8.4 (19)
Juan Carlos Oseguera(producer)

Best Documentary Political

The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle
8.4 (19)
Juan Carlos Oseguera(producer)

Best Documentary Short

Athletes and the Arts
Steven Karageanes
Mass Effect Productions

Best Editing - Short

Future Assassin
9.0 (10)
Steven Latta
The Dope Men Gotta Get Paid
8.0 (9)
Sven Jurshevski(Editor)
Velocitized Films
Code 72
Rod Lopez(director)
New Style Independent Pictures

Best Faith-Based Project

Phoenix Song
6.0 (8)
Kate Marzullo
Pandering to Karma Productions

Best Fight Choreography - Short

Never Gonna Break
Thomas Backer(director)
Aluxa Productions

Best Foreign Film Feature

We're All Sinner
5.2 (80)
Hassan Nazer(director)
Homayoun Ershadi(actor)
Peyman Abbasi(writer)
Iman Omidvari(makeup artist)
Mahmood Moosavinejad(sound mixer)
Amir Aghaee(actor)
Niousha Zeighami(actress)
Elham Hamidi(actress)
Mohammad Saeed Shayan(music)
Chris Robb(executive producer)
World Film Production

Best Horror Screenplay

Michael Gibrall
for the screenplay "Sadistic"

Best Period Piece

Chained
9.0 (9)
Patrick Sabongui

Best Produced Screenplay

Wingmen Incorporated
8.2 (264)
Ken Gayton(writer)
Jason W. Schaver(writer)
Adjusted Gratuity
Moped Jones Entertainment
These Foolish Things
8.2 (6)
Kenneth Lemm(Writer)
These Foolish Things
The Greed of Men
7.0 (53)
Jeremy Fultz
DoingTime Productions

Best Produced Screenplay - Short

These Foolish Things
8.2 (6)
Kenneth Lemm(Writer)
Mourning in China
Tony Chiu
Robert Factor
Rough Actor Productions

Best Sci Fi Fantasy Short - Screenplay

Kenneth Lemm
"Inside Voices"
Neil Chase(writer)
"Room 309"

Best Score - Feature

Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions

Best Score - Short

Future Assassin
9.0 (10)
Dan Dolan

Best Screenplay Scene

Michael Gibrall
for the screenplay "Sadistic"

Best Short Comedy Screenplay

Dean Watts(Writer)
For Short Comedy Screenplay "Justitia Bongo"

Best Short Film

Idiot.
8.3 (16)
Aaron Harvey(director)
Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon
James Boss(director)
Avantmark Pictures

Best Short Screenplay - Comedy

Mary Krell-Oishi
"A Day at the Office"

Best Short Script

These Foolish Things
8.2 (6)
Kenneth Lemm
"These Foolish Things"

Best Sound Design

20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Justin Lee Dixon
Twiharder
4.8 (32)
Christopher Sean
John Gearries
Between the Lines Productions
The Greed of Men
7.0 (53)
Douglas Brian Miller
DoingTime Productions

Best Special Effects

The Adventures of Superseven
7.5 (141)
Glenn Takakjian
Doug Drexler

Best Supporting Actor - Short

Austin Haley
Kenneth Lemm(written by)
These Foolish Things
Anthony De Longis
Cowboy Creed

Best Teleplay Script

Gregory Graham
Luciana Lagana

Best Villain

Red Cloud: Deliverance
8.2 (74)
Alex Kruz
Wolf Circle Productions
Sioux Cloud Productions

Best Web or TV Series

The Adventures of Superseven
7.5 (141)
Scott Rhodes
Olivia Dunkley
Jerry Kokich
Andrew Palmer
Terry Shane
Robert Griffith
S7 Productions

Best Western

Cowboy Creed
5.2 (9)
Ben Alpi(writer / director)
J.T. Tepnapa(producer)
Charlotte Fullerton(executive producer)
Jyotika Virmani(executive producer)
Runic Films
Blue Seraph Productions

Excellence in Film Making

The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle
8.4 (19)
Juan Carlos Oseguera(director)

Hollywood Scriptwriter 2013 Written Word Award

Neil Chase(writer)
"Monster Hunters"

Most Likely to be Produced

Kenneth Lemm
"The Twelve Strays of Christmas"
Mary Krell-Oishi
"Going to the Top"

Most Likely to be Produced - Screenplay

Kenneth Lemm
"The Twelve Strays of Christmas"

Outstanding Cast Performance - Short

Future Assassin
9.0 (10)
Tyler Van Brussel
Amanda McDowall
Jeremy J Weber
Kate Tenetko
Brittney Santoro
Hansen Wetsel
Ludovic Coutaud
James K. Fulater
Holly Longmore
James Nardone
Marko Peshikj
John Mulcahy
David K. Conklin

Screenplay Competition - Best Dialogue Feature

Neil Chase(writer)
"Monster Hunters"

WAB Best Director Feature or Short

Antoine Allen
Split Decision
Antoine Allen Films

Write Brothers Software Excellence in Comedy Award

Mara Lesemann
For the short screenplay "Free Pass"

Writer of the Year

Alan J. Bailey Award

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Excellence In Film

Winner
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Prince Bagdasarian
Richard Manriquez
PIB Productions
Winner
Police Guys
7.7 (64)
Jon Lee Brody
Iron Will

Excellence in Film

Winner
20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending
2.7 (687)
Blue Dragon Entertainment
Winner
Real Gangsters
7.1 (7.1K)
Frank D'Angelo
In Your Ear Productions
Mercer
Andrew James
Danny James
James Brothers Studio

AOF/WAB Award

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Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Dramatic Writing

Winner
Neil Chase
"Monster Hunters"

Best Faith-based Short Film

Winner
Sun Flower
9.1 (10)
Taeho Kang(director)

Best Performance in an Acting Role Male or Female

Winner
Sun Flower
9.1 (10)
Jennifer Huang(actress)

Best Performance in an Acting Role Male or Female (Short)

Winner
The American Failure
9.5 (12)
Said Faraj

Best Score

Winner
Kid Gloves
7.5 (21)
Mig Dfoe(composer)
Adam Simcox(executive producer)
Uncanny Films

Best Short

Winner
Saltwater Cowboys
5.1 (20)
Andy Petersen
The Adventures of Gilbert the Goofball
Sandra L. Rostirolla

Best Supporting Actor - Short

Winner
Stephen Kramer Glickman
Police Guys
Iron Will

Best in Show

Winner
Handuken
6.0 (21)
Chris Chung
We've Got Balls
6.2 (33)
Cherie Kerr(director/writer/producer)
Ree-Invent Films
First Runner-Up

Louis Mitchell Award for Excellence in Film Dramatic Performance

Winner
Sunny and RayRay
7.4 (51)
Jillisa Lynn

Outstanding Cast Performance

Winner
Police Guys
7.7 (64)
Jon Lee Brody
Stephen Kramer Glickman
Lester Speight
Shawna Waldron
Lisa Catara
Gonzalo Menendez
Elizabeth Seropian
Noelle Wheeler
Daria Rountree
Cullen McCarthy
Christine Lakin
Jonathan Bennett
Alexander P. Heartman
Andrew Franklin
Geran Simpson
Tara Strong
Evan L. Robichaud
Iron Will
Kid Gloves
7.5 (21)
Victor Ptak(actor)
Edmund Dehn(actor)
Heather Nimmo(actor)
Julian Shaw(actor)
Nigel Williams(actor)
Keith How(actor)
Gareth Kearns(actor)
Paul Hoskins(actor)
Sally Lofthouse(actor)
Adam Simcox(actor)
Uncanny Films
Kid Gloves
7.5 (21)
Victor Ptak(actor)
Edmund Dehn(actor)
Heather Nimmo(actor)
Julian Shaw(actor)
Nigel Williams(actor)
Keith How(actor)
Gareth Kearns(actor)
Paul Hoskins(actor)
Sally Lofthouse(actor)
Adam Simcox(actor)
Uncanny Films
The Maladjusted
4.9 (5.8K)
George Katt
Rosebud Baker
Tiffany Shepis
Clayton Stocker Myers
Katie Foster
Michael Alban
Alexandra Turshen
Chris Kiros
Josh Davidson
John C. Bailey

The Sony Software Award For Excellence in Filmmaking in a Major Genre

Winner
Abstraction
5.0 (508)
Prince Bagdasarian
Richard Manriquez
PIB Productions

Without a Box (WAB) Best Actress

Winner
Amelia Jackson-Gray
Point Mugu
Winner WAB Best Actress- Amelia Jackson-Gray: Point Mugu

Audience Choice Award

Police Guys
7.7 (64)
Jon Lee Brody
Iron Will

Best Comedy - Short

Vigorish Debts
Andy Petersen

Best Comedy Scene

Police Guys
7.7 (64)
Jon Lee Brody
Stephen Kramer Glickman
Iron Will

Best Dialogue in a Feature

Kid Gloves
7.5 (21)
Adam Simcox(director)
Uncanny Films

Best Director

Best Foreign Film

Kid Gloves
7.5 (21)
Adam Simcox(director)
Kirsty Eyre(producer)
Uncanny Films

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Victor Ptak(actor)
Kid Gloves
Uncanny Films
Cengiz Dervis
Drake

Best Villain

Police Guys
7.7 (64)
Lester Speight
Iron Will

Filmmaker of the Year

We've Got Balls
6.2 (33)
Cherie Kerr(director, writer, producer)
Ree-Invent Films

Xristos Award

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Best Actor

Winner
Alex Kruz
Red Cloud: Deliverance
Sioux Cloud Productions
Wolf Circle Productions
The foundation of all great motion pictures is its screenplay and its acting... the content. The Xristos Award is given annually to recognize a filmmaker who displays creative and imaginative achievement in film content despite limited resources. This award is sponsored by Sony Creative Services, The Stella Adler Academy LA and Xristos Productions as well The AOF Festival